Job 38:12
Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;
In Context
11And said, Until now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed?
13That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?
Cross References
Job 8:9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
Job 24:16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job 38:21Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great?
Psalms 136:7To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures for ever:
Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us,
Matthew Henry on Job 38:5-12
The Creation of the World. ( b. c. 1520.) 4 Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. 5 Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6 Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? 8 Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? 9 When I made the… Read the whole commentary →